Alpine Investors – Jarron Williams – 2025

Summary

Jarron Williams supported Alpine Investors in measuring GHG emissions and improving climate data strategy across the firm and three of its largest portfolio companies. He completed firm-wide and portfolio company-level carbon inventories and helped prepare all stakeholders for pending California SB 253 regulation. His work enabled Alpine to better understand operational emissions drivers, unlock cost-saving opportunities, and build scalable systems for portfolio-wide GHG reporting, ultimately aligning with investor expectations and regulatory demands.

Goals

The fellowship aimed to expand Alpine Investors’ insights and strategies by:

1. Calculating 2024 Scope 1, 2, and select Scope 3 emissions for Alpine’s management company.
2. Completing Scope 1 and 2 inventories for three of the firm’s largest portfolio companies.
3. Identifying opportunities to reduce emissions and enhance operational efficiency.
4. Assessing data readiness across the firm’s portfolio companies and their respective operating companies and identifying scalable solutions to prepare for California’s SB 253 and SB 261 rules.
5. Drafting foundational templates and guidance documents for climate risk reporting and GHG measurement.

Solutions

Jarron completed the first GHG inventories conducted for the three selected Alpine companies, using a mix of direct activity and facility-level data. He ultimately identified that emissions were highly concentrated in controllable areas, especially electricity and fleet operations, and used this insight to model potential decarbonization strategies. He also analyzed barriers to data collection and built a framework for improving data integrity, including documentation templates, cleaner workflows, and recommendations for scalable tools. Finally, Jarron developed Alpine’s first SB 261 risk reporting template, providing early alignment with upcoming regulations and potential investor due diligence requests.

Potential Impact

By strengthening internal tools and frameworks, Jarron enhanced the accuracy and consistency of emissions tracking across Alpine and three of its largest portfolio companies. His work established reliable baselines for operational emissions, uncovered actionable decarbonization levers like energy optimization, and identified scalable gaps in data collection. These insights led to a roadmap for implementing more automated and audit-ready systems. Jarron’s efforts help futureproof Alpine’s climate infrastructure ahead of California’s SB 253 and SB 261, while also equipping portfolio companies with credible carbon data to reduce operational risk, support cost savings, and de-risk private market exits.